NHMRC announces latest round of grants
A further $127.9 million has been awarded in NHMRC grants to in the latest round of funding announced by the Minister for Health, Tanya Plibersek. This comes on top of $652 million announced by the government in October.
The funding is broken up into the following grants:
| Development Grants | 14 | $7.4 million |
| Programs | 13 | $109.9 million |
| Scholarships | 123 | $10.6 million |
| Infrastructure Grants | 1 | $0.1 million |
One recipient highlighted by the minister was Professor David Cooper AO, who received $12.6 million for research into HIV at the Lowy Cancer Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.
Professor Ian Frazer and his team at the University of Queensland also received $200,000 to continue development and pre-clinical trials of the next generation DNA vaccine for HPV, which is being developed with Coridon.
New South Wales received the highest amount of funding, with $73.9 million for 52 grants.
The University of New South Wales received the greatest amount of funding of any university, with $52.4 million for 15 grants.
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute is the independent medical research institute receiving the greatest amount of funding, with $16.7 million for 7 grants.
HIV research will receive $12.8 million, cardiovascular research will receive $40.6 million, and cancer research will receive $38.8 million.
More information on the grants, including a detailed list of recipients, can be found on the NHMRC website
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